Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr will meet in a friendly tournament organized in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in February 2024.
“The Last Dance”. This is already the name given to this meeting which will pit – perhaps for the last time – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The organization of a friendly match between Inter Miami and Al Nassr in Riyadh in February 2024 was announced this Tuesday, November 21 by Saudi public authorities. The precise date remains to be defined.
The event will be held as part of the Riyadh Season festival, for which a tournament is organized. Al Hilal, Neymar’s club (injured for several months), will also participate.
The press release from the Saudi Tourism Office and the Saudi Arabian Public Entertainment Agency assures that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will be present. The organizers are looking forward to a “confrontation that will be talked about around the world”.
A year after their last confrontation
The last match between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dates back to January 19, 2023. With Paris Saint-Germain, the Argentine world champion faced his Portuguese rival who was playing with a selection of the best players in the Saudi championship. The Parisians won 5-4. Messi opened the scoring (3rd), Ronaldo responded with a double (34th, 45th+6).
As for their last official match, it was FC Barcelona-Juventus on December 8, 2020. The Bianconeri won 3-0 at the Camp Nou with a double from CR7.
2023-11-22 10:58:01
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